Psalms 50:16 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁶But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?

Psalms 50:16 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 29:13
Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
Psalms 78:36-38
Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues. …
Romans 2:17-24
Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, …
Isaiah 55:6-7
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: …
Psalms 25:14
The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.

Topics

Bible Conceit Consistency Deceit Deception Dishonesty Dissembling Falsehood

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 16-23)

God, by the psalmist, having instructed his people in the right way of worshipping him and keeping up their communion with him, here directs his speech to the wicked, to hypocrites, whether they were such as professed the Jewish or the Christian religion: hypocrisy is wickedness for which God will judge. Observe here, I. The charge drawn up against them. 1. They are charged with invading and usurp…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 16)

16-20. the wicked--that is, the formalists, as now exposed, and who lead vicious lives (compare Ro 2:21, 23). They are unworthy to use even the words of God’s law. Their hypocrisy and vice are exposed by illustrations from sins against the seventh, eighth, and ninth commandments.